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Burning Questions 2022
- 2 Jan 2022
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Tawa RFC celebrates with the Jubilee Cup last season at the Hutt Rec, after beating Marist St Pat’s in the final. Can both these teams rise to the top again in 2022? Photo: Andy McArthur. Happy New Year and welcome to a new season of rugby. As always, we kick the year off with...
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Herculean Hemi tackles his way to Jim Brown Medal
- 5 Aug 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- “It was a shock to win,” said Hemi Fermanis of his Jubilee Cup final MVP accolade. “I was standing next to Kem [Kemara Hauiti-Parapara] and I said to him there you go, go and get your trophy, but then the guy on the microphone called out number four!” Tawa beat Marist St Pat’s 36-7 –...
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Finals Day club rugby titles for Tawa, Poneke, OBU and Avalon
- 31 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean Tawa are the 2021 Jubilee Cup champions. Tawa won their third Jubilee Cup title and first since 2016 with an emphatic 36-7- win over Marist St Pat’s in the final at a sun-drenched Hutt Recreation Ground this afternoon. Poneke won the Hardham Cup. They beat Petone 32-24...
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Jubilee Cup finals: Match-winning moments
- 28 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Junior Togia scoring one of his two tries in the 2016 Jubilee Cup final against Marist St Pat’s, and, inset, MSP playing captain and try-scorer Kas Lealamanua with the Jubilee Cup in 2012 after their win over Ories. Tawa and MSP meet in the 2021 final on Saturday 31 July at the Hutt Rec....
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Marist St Pat’s and Tawa to contest Jubilee Cup final
- 24 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Marist St Pat’s No. 8 Keelan Whitman scores early in the second half for his team in their Jubilee Cup semi-final win over Northern United. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean, Steven White, Martyn Bridge and Adam Julian Jubilee Cup semi-finals results HERE Hardham Cup semi-finals results HERE Individual scorers updated as received. Marist St...
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Semi-final Saturday in club rugby
- 23 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa and Hutt Old Boys Marist meet in the one Jubilee Cup semi-final on Saturday, while Marist St Pat’s and Northern United meet in the other. More details below. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean Jubilee Cup semi-finals and teams HERE Hardham Cup semi-finals and teams HERE Teams as received. Friday lunchtime edition: Crunch time...
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Lotu Nuku and Tawa hitting their stride ahead of semi-final this weekend
- 21 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa hooker Lotu Nuku (red headgear) and teammates celebrate a try in their 27-23 win over Marist St Pat’s earlier this season. These two teams will meet in the Jubilee Cup final next week if they both win their semi-finals. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White For Tawa’s players, the best moment after fulltime on...
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Bond Banter 19 July (some rugby news and information to start the week)
- 18 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Monday morning edition: We have reached the semi-final stages of Wellington Premier club rugby. The two Jubilee Cup semi-finals see MSP host Norths and HOBM host Tawa. The two Hardham Cup semi-finals are between home team Petone and Johnsonville and Wainuiomata and Poneke over the hill. Details of those semi-finals and the semi-finals in both...
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Splashdown! Semi-finalists found as OBU, Pare-Plim and Ories win titles
- 17 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Both ends of the Polo Ground and the far side were flooded today, as torrential rain fell steadily throughout much of the game. Visitors Tawa beat Ories 19-14 in the Jubilee Cup knockout match. Earlier on the number two field, the Ories Vatos beat the Poneke Ruffnuts 38-10 to win the Division 1 Reserve...
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Knockout club rugby tomorrow with wild weather predicted
- 16 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone and Tawa are both in action tomorrow, hoping to progress their seasons in the respective Hardham and Jubilee Cups. Petone hosts Paremata-Plimmerton and Tawa makes the trip to Miramar to play Ories. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean Jubilee Cup draw and teamlists HERE Hardham Cup draw and teamlists HERE Women’s NPC draw and...
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Colts Division 1 Semi-final: OBU Green (26) v Tawa (11) match highlights
- 12 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Old Boys University Green Colts team beat Tawa 26-11 (halftime 15-6) in their Colts Division 1 semi-final on Saturday. Some match highlights below. NOT including Tawa’s try that was scored towards the end of the contest, as our operative had to depart the semi-final cauldron for another game.
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Bond Banter 12 July (some news and information to start the week in rugby)
- 11 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa and Petone are both back in action this coming weekend. Tawa travel to play Ories in the Jubilee Cup and Petone host Paremata-Plimmerton in the Hardham Cup. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. MORNING EDITION: Week two of the new Jubilee Cup/Hardham Cup series this coming Saturday, plus the Reserve Grade Division 1 and Colts Division 1...
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Goatastic! OBU wins Swindale Shield, seedings confirmed for championship rounds
- 3 Jul 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Scott MacLean, Martyn Bridge & Adam Julian Results & Standings (these are provisional only and individual scorers will be added in as received) HERE Congratulations to Old Boys University for winning the 2021 Swindale Shield. OBU beat Tawa 28-13 today at home at Nairnville Park to take out the first round title....
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Stanley’s try a King Solomon
- 16 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian College rugby Draws & Results HERE There were three First XV matches in Wellington on Wednesday. Wellington College beat St Pat’s Silverstream 31-27, Porirua College defeated Aotea College 17-15 and Mana College defended the Beard Trophy against Tawa College, 57-5. Accounts of the first two matches follow below. A try that will...
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Scoring highlights: Colts Division 1 Petone (31) v Tawa (19)
- 14 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Petone defeated Tawa 31-19 in their Wellington club rugby Colts Division 1 John E Kelly Cup match on Saturday at Redwood Park. Petone made a fast start, racing to a 12-0 lead, that became 19-0 after 20 minutes, the halftime score. Tawa came back in the second half to trail 14-24 at one point, but...
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Eagles win late over Tawa as Ories regain Grbich Shield against Poneke
- 12 Jun 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ories celebrate scoring an early try over Poneke today on their Old Timers’ Day at the Polo Ground. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Martyn Bridge Draws & Results HERE – updated as received. The Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles left it late in toppling Tawa in today’s 10th round Swindale Shield...
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Axemen win on Old Timers’ Day, as Ories and Tawa win close matches in the Swindale Shield
- 29 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Martyn Bridge Draws & Results are HERE The Wellington Axemen clinched their first win of the season this afternoon on a cloudy but mostly dry eighth round set of Wellington Premier club rugby Swindale Shield matches. The Axemen beat the Johnsonville Hawks 27-17 on their Old Timers’ Day at...
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Bond Banter 24 May (some news in briefs to start the week in rugby)
- 23 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Upper Hutt Rams with the Men’s Premier Reserve Division 2 first round trophy, that they were presented with on Saturday. PHOTO: Peter McDonald As well as the Rams (above), some more first round club rugby trophy winners were found on Saturday. Tawa (pictured below) were presented with the Premier Reserve Division 1 Harper...
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Club rugby to come alive in round five
- 7 May 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Pakai Turia and Poneke are hoping for a positive outing to Lyndhurst Park for Tawa’s Old Timers’ Day. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE Four weeks down and the Premier table is starting to shake itself out into the contenders and pretenders, and tomorrow shapes as another pivotal round towards sorting...
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Club rugby competitions heating up in week four matches
- 30 Apr 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Swindale Shield is set to reach new heights in round four, with a series of big games around the region. Tawa head up the motorway to play Paremata-Plimmerton, while Wainuiomata are back at home hosting the Upper Hutt Rams. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Scott MacLean Draws & Results are HERE Another busy and full...
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Bond Banter 19 April (SOME RUGBY NEWS IN BRIEFS AND INFORMATION FROM THE GROUND UP)
- 18 Apr 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Caption this! PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Two rounds in the bag and four teams have won both their games – Marist St Pat’s, Upper Hutt Rams, Old Boys University and Petone. Ories have won one and drawn one, which was recorded on official channels as a win to Tawa on Saturday – and still is...
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It’s not easy being green, unless you’re Carne Green
- 14 Apr 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Carne Green kicking for goal last Saturday in Petone’s first round win over Tawa. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian Carne Green talks a lot. What is he on about? “Yeah, yeah, well I remember when my old man used to coach, and I was the ball boy. We had people like Eugene Smith, Mateaki...
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The top try scorers and point scorers
- 31 Mar 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Ories No. 8 Luca Rees celebrating one of his 23 tries for his team in 2018, a joint single season try-scoring record, and one of three loose forwards to top the Wellington single season try scoring charts between 2003-20. The others were Telea Seumanutafa (Tawa) and Dean Brunsdon (Norths). Rees moved to Norths in 2019...
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Pre-season continues in Wellington on Saturday as Manawatu club season opens up
- 18 Mar 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Ories and Avalon Premier squads are both in action in pre-season rugby on Saturday, with Ories playing Tawa and Avalon playing Hawke’s Bay’s Clive. More details below. The long languid summer weekends are ending, replaced by a buffet of rugby every Saturday starting tomorrow. A look at what’s coming up this weekend below -NOTE...
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Patafilo included in Hurricanes squad
- 2 Dec 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa outside back and Wellington Lion Pepesana Patafilo has joined the Hurricanes for 2021. Patafilo and Hawke’s Bay wing Lolagi Visinia have filled up the final two spots for next year. Patafilo is a former Wellington College First XV centre, in the 2013 winning team captained by his new Hurricanes teammate James Blackwell and featuring...
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Short Passes 19 October
- 18 Oct 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington club rugby players playing for other provinces line-up 2020 This team is ‘thin’ this year, so not posted as a standalone article as in past seasons! A few too many halfbacks and not enough outside backs in the squad, and some excess props (three others in the wider training group, Tolu Fahamokioa (Waikato/Tawa/Johnsonville), Tietie...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 19 September (semi-finals)
- 18 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Premier (Jubilee Cup) 19/9/2020 2:45pm Petone π Northern United RFC 19/9/2020 3:00pm Marist St Pats RFC π Old Boys University RFC Premier (Hardham Cup) 19/9/2020 3:00pm Tawa Rugby Football Club π Wainuiomata RFC 19/9/2020 3:00pm Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC π Oriental Rongotai FC Premier (9-12 play-off) 19/9/2020 2:45pm Upper Hutt Rams RFC π...
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Wellington club rugby score updates Saturday 5 September
- 5 Sep 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE Premier (Swindale Shield) RESULT* Avalon Rugby 07 v 45 Northern United RFC RESULT* Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC 24 v 22 Poneke FC RESULT* Johnsonville RFC 24 v 26 Marist St Pats RFC RESULT* Petone 46 v 22 Paremata-Plimmerton RFC RESULT* Tawa Rugby Football Club 60 v 07 Upper Hutt Rams...
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Tavita-Metcalfe, Aumua-Peseta, Poloniati notable new names in Lions squad
- 28 Aug 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Wellington Lions after beating Northland last year. There are plenty of returning faces and some new names in this year’s squad, named on Friday. Northern United’s Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, Tawa’s Ben Aumua-Peseta and OBU’s James Poloniati are notable newcomers in a 36-strong Wellington Lions squad named for the 2020 National Provincial Championship. Tavita-Metcalfe, who...
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From the Chatham Islands to the JC – Sam Clarke
- 26 Aug 2020
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Sam Clarke arrived at Norths from Tawa in Round 3 of the Swindale Shield. At that stage, his former club was undefeated, and his new club had dropped their first two games. The reigning Jubilee Cup champions are now amid an eight-game win streak and Tawa reside outside the top four. Furthermore,...
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